Tomorrow’s forecasted snow storm has pushed back a shift in the traffic pattern scheduled to begin tonight on the lower level of Route 139 in Jersey City as part of the $1 billion project to rehabilitate the Pulaski Skyway.

State Department of Transportation officials said they will provide notification when that stage of the project is rescheduled.

This phase of the project will entail replacing the deck on Route 139 upper level eastbound and replacing five cross street bridges from Palisade Avenue to Kennedy Boulevard.

The DOT's contractor, Schiavone Construction Co., was to close the right lane of Route 139 lower level eastbound, leaving three lanes on the roadway. A movable barrier was to be used to provide two lanes in the peak travel direction and one lane in the non-peak direction.

Two lanes were to be open for eastbound traffic from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday; two lanes were to be open for westbound traffic from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. on Fridays.

Overnights, Monday through Thursday between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. the next day, the contractor was to maintain at least one lane in each direction.